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(1899) [MARC] Author: Selma Lagerlöf Translator: Selma Ahlström Trotz
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228 . the miracles of antichrist

" Of what avail is it now to collect money at our
bazar! " she said despairingly.

Nor did it seem as if she were going to earn any
money from her bazar. In the afternoon it
commenced raining. It had not rained in Diamante
since the day the bells rang. The clouds laid
themselves close to the housetops, and the water poured
out of them. One was drenched, after being two
minutes on the street.

At about six, when Donna Micaela’s bazar was
opened, it rained hardest. When she arrived at the
monastery there were none there except those who
were to help serve and sell.

She was on the point of crying. A day of evil!
Whence came all these reverses ?

Donna Micaela’s eyes fell upon a stranger, who
stood leaning against a pillar, regarding her. She
recognized him at once. It was the jettatore from
Catania,whom she had been taught to fear as a child.

Donna Micaela walked briskly up to him. " Come
with me, signor," she said, walking before him. She
wished to withdraw to a distance so that no one
should hear them, and then she wished to beg him
never more to come before her eyes.

She could not act differently. He must not ruin
her whole life.

She did not think in what direction she was going.
Suddenly she found herself at the door of the
monastery church and entered there.

In there it was almost dark. A small lamp
burning beside the image of Christ spread a faint light.

When Donna Micaela saw the image, she was
startled. Just then she did not wish to see him.

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